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The flakes of this arc about a toot nign, ttraight, ftiffe, hard, and couered with a 

 Downe : the leaties at the root grew vpon long ftalks,and are foft and hairy ; but thofe which are 

 hjaher vp hauea fbortorclfe no ftalkeatall j rubbed,they yeeldno vnpleafanc fmell , and tatted 

 they arefomwhat bitter and acride. The floures that grow vpon the tops of the branches are lar^e 

 and faihioned like thofe of Elecampane. and areof the fame yellow colour : the root is long, den* 



, u.„l:/i. ™„;n«r *n<\ noting vpnew ftalks. ithath many white fibres, and a refinous 



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defcribed out of Clufim^ only theroot is better expreft in Clufi. 



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hii Ptrijx as differing therefrom. Hee calls it Helenitis, becaufe the floures and leaues haue foaie 

 femblance of Elecampane h and CMellita, for that they fmell fomewhat like hony. 



This alio feems not much to differ from the hfk mentioned,but onely in the hairines of the 



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grow vpon mountaines,but none of them with vs in England that I can yetheare of. 



1 o This hath a fmall fibrous and yellow root of a very hot and biting tafte , which fends vp 

 diuers longifli Icaues aboutthehead thereof: the ftalke is fome foot and halfe high, and fetalter- 

 nately with twined Jongifh narrow and fomewhat rough leaues of an ouerworne green colour : the 



tr\r\ r\f friz* fill \r irwi Kr^nrnAic? <i*a +Ar\rr%i*A urifh tiAiitinp i\+ «#% 1*%.«%^.I/L /V _ t __ • I 1 •« • * m 



and branches are adorned with floures fet in longifli f< 

 outer little leaues areof a feint blew colour,and the inner threds 



in Auguft^and the floures quickly 



in man 



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Tinttoritufli 



WiUiim 



It growes 

 Bugs, and 



GefnerSot that the root 



like Pelhtone of Spam,which therefore is vfed againft the tooth-ache,names it ZW^.healfo 

 calls it Cmyza murslx and Ctnytydes cerdea. 1 'der namoM mm alfo calls it ComUcaruU* and laft 



ly, F+m Column hath it by the name otJmOm mntanus, to which kinde it may in m yne ooinion 

 thTs ChapLf " ed " C ° thefe "**- ° Ur Auth ° Ur had the fi S Ure ^reon/th" S pTI ia 



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fufficiently fhewne in their particular titles and defections. * 





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of the Gy" "* fl ° UrCS be g ° 0d a S ainft the ftrangurie,the jaundice,and the gnawing or griping A 



The berb burned where ^fi^PS*** gfeatIy eafcth their P aines of the Maker. 5. 



t *«..*«<,« r™l 1 y ' ,0f 3ny Ven ° m0US thin S s arc ^ah driue them away. § 





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HAP. Ijl. 



Of Star re -wort* 



^" The Deft 





/#/» or 



hard* 



Aefe floures gr^ffueoX?' 01 ,* "'""J 5 a * d S Iifter 



gtow hue or fix Ipng leaues,fliarp pointed 



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